Zibusiso Gumede

Entrepreneur, Strategist, Technologist, Leader

Mr Gumede has about 15 years of varied work experience spanning a number of sectors and industries including manufacturing, mining, financial markets, consulting, solar energy, and the academia, and have been mostly doing scientific research and development project management. A physicist by training, his experience include weather and earthquake studies, nutrition management and high-temperature superconductivity; he is is also a keen community leader, seeking to directly contribute to the development of this country. Mr Gumede is a member of the Institute of Directors Southern Africa as well as South African Institute of Physics.

Achievements

Awards

Best Afrikaans Poem in the Youth School Competition | 1986

media exposure

"The African crust and mantle are amongst the least studied in the world," said Zibusiso Gumede, a geophysics researcher at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, who is responsible for installing and maintaining the AfricaArray seismic stations.